| Britain's Secret War: The Indonesian Confrontation 1962-66 Contributor(s): Fowler, Will (Author), Lyles, Kevin L. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 184603048X ISBN-13: 9781846030482 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2006 Annotation: The 'Confrontation' between Malaysia and Indonesia in Bornew 20/1/2006 the war against Indonesian raids across a 900-mile border in some of the world's worst jungle terrain - eventually involved nearly 20,000 British and Commonwealth troops, with air and naval support; and yet, by mutual consent, it was astonishingly little reported at the time. This 'secret war' saw the perfection of SAS jungle tactics; a Parachute Regiment action described as 'a second Rorke's Drift'; and audacious secret missions deep inside enemy territory, including the award to a Gurkha soldier of the British Army's only 'living VC' for 40 years. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 959.803 |
| LCCN: 2006299181 |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 7.28" W x 7" (0.37 lbs) 48 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The 'Confrontation' between Malaysia and Indonesia in Bornew (January 20, 2006), the war against Indonesian raids across a 900-mile border in some of the world's worst jungle terrain, eventually involved nearly 20,000 British and Commonwealth troops, with air and naval support; and yet, by mutual consent, it was astonishingly little reported at the time. This 'secret war' saw the perfection of SAS jungle tactics; a Parachute Regiment action described as 'a second Rorke's Drift'; and audacious secret missions deep inside enemy territory, including the award to a Gurkha soldier of the British Army's only 'living VC' for 40 years. |